WO2009066044A2 - Cryogenic refrigeration method and device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a cryogenic refrigeration device and method.
- the invention more particularly relates to a cryogenic refrigeration device for transferring heat from a cold source to a hot source via a working fluid circulating in a closed working circuit, the working circuit comprising in series: a portion of compression, a cooling portion, a detent portion and a warming portion.
- the cold source may be, for example, liquid nitrogen to be cooled and the hot source of water or air.
- Refrigerators known to cool superconducting elements generally use a reverse Brayton cycle. These known refrigerators use a screw-lubricated compressor, a countercurrent plate heat exchanger and an expansion turbine.
- US-3,494,145 discloses a refrigeration system using geared couplings requiring oil bearings. This type of device uses rotating joints such as mechanical seals between the working gas and the gear housing and oil bearings. This architecture increases the risk of leakage of the working gas and the possible pollution of the working gas by the oil. This system also relates to a low speed type motor.
- US-4,984,432 discloses a refrigeration system using liquid ring type compressors or turbines operating with a low speed motor using conventional bearings such as ball bearings. This technology concerns volumetric compressors and turbines.
- An object of the present invention is to overcome all or part of the disadvantages of the prior art noted above.
- the invention proposes a cryogenic refrigeration device for transferring heat from a cold source to a hot source via a working fluid circulating in a closed working circuit, the working circuit comprising in series: a substantially isothermal compression portion of the fluid, a substantially isobaric cooling portion of the fluid, a substantially isothermal expansion portion of the fluid and a substantially isobaric heating portion of the fluid, the compression portion of the work circuit comprising at least two compressors arranged in a series and at least one compressed fluid cooling exchanger disposed at the outlet of each compressor, the expansion portion of the working circuit comprising at least one expansion turbine and at least one expanded fluid heating exchanger, the compressors and the or the expansion turbines being driven by at least one engine said to high fast sse comprising an output shaft whose one end carries and rotates by direct coupling a first compressor and the other end carries and rotates by direct coupling a second compressor or an expansion turbine.
- embodiments make it possible to obtain a system without oil pollution and without contact. Indeed, the combination of centrifugal compressors, centripetal turbines and bearings according to the invention reduces or eliminates any contact with the fixed parts and the rotating parts. This avoids any risk of leakage.
- the entire system is indeed hermetic and has no rotating joints vis-à-vis the atmosphere (such as mechanical seals or "dry face seal").
- embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features:
- the compressors are of the centrifugal compression type
- the expansion turbine or turbines are of the centripetal expansion type
- the output shafts of the motors are mounted on bearings of the magnetic type or of the dynamic gas type, said bearings being used to support the compressors and the turbines,
- the cooling portion and the heating portion comprise a common heat exchanger in which the working fluid transits in countercurrent depending on whether it is cooled or heated,
- the working circuit comprises a volume forming a storage buffer capacity for the working fluid
- the working fluid is in the gaseous phase and consists of a pure gas or a mixture of pure gases among: helium, neon, nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon monoxide, methane, or any other fluid having a gaseous phase at the temperature of the cold source.
- the invention further provides a cryogenic refrigeration method for transferring heat from a cold source to a hot source via a working fluid circulating in a closed work circuit, the work circuit comprising in series: a portion of compression comprising at least two compressors arranged in series, a cooling portion of the fluid, an expansion portion comprising at least one expansion turbine, and a heating portion, the process comprising a work cycle comprising a first substantially isothermal compression step fluid in the compression portion by cooling the compressed fluid at the output of the compressors, a second substantially isobaric cooling step of the fluid in the cooling portion, a third step of substantially isothermal expansion of the fluid in the expansion portion by heating the fluid relaxed at the turbine outlet, and a fourth e step of substantially isobaric heating of the fluid having exchanged thermally with the cold source, the working cycle of the fluid (temperature T, entropy S) being of the inverse Ericsson type.
- embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following features:
- the compressed fluid is cooled at the outlet of each compressor to maintain the inlet and outlet fluid temperatures of each compressor substantially equal and preferably in a range of about 10 K,
- the expanded fluid is cooled at the outlet of each turbine in order to maintain the temperatures of the fluid at the inlet and at the outlet of each turbine substantially equal and preferably in a range of approximately 5 K,
- the compressors and the expansion turbine or turbines are driven by at least one so-called high speed motor comprising an output shaft whose one end carries and rotates, by direct coupling, a first compressor and whose other end carries and rotates by direct coupling a second compressor or an expansion turbine and in that the method comprises a step of transferring part of the mechanical work of the turbine (s) to the compressor (s) via the output shaft (s) ,
- the working fluid is brought to a low temperature of the order of 60 K and in that the work circuit comprises a number of compressors approximately three times larger than the number of relaxation turbines,
- the working fluid is used to cool or keep superconducting elements cold at a temperature of the order of 65 K, the temperature drop of the fluid constituting the cold source is substantially identical to the increase in temperature of the gas in the exchangers.
- the cycle of the working fluid makes it possible to obtain a greater yield than the known systems without creating or increasing other disadvantages, the work of relaxation in the turbines can be advantageously valorized, it is possible to avoid the use of oil for lubrication or cooling, this makes it possible to eliminate the de-oiling plant downstream of the compressor, as well as the operations of treatment and recycling of waste oils, -
- the system requires a small number of moving parts which increases its simplicity and reliability. It is possible thanks to the invention to overcome the need for a compressor of a mechanical power transmission of the speed multiplier type, universal joints, ... - maintenance operations are reduced or virtually nonexistent,
- the system avoids rotating joints and use a totally hermetic system with respect to the outside. This prevents any loss or pollution of the working cycle gas, - the size of the refrigerator can be reduced compared to known systems.
- FIG. 1 represents a schematic view illustrating the structure and operation of a first exemplary embodiment of a refrigeration device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 schematically represents a detail of FIG. 1 illustrating an arrangement of a drive motor of a compressor-compressor or turbine-compressor unit;
- FIG. 3 schematically represents an example of a work cycle; of the working fluid of the refrigerator of FIG.
- FIG. 4 represents a schematic view illustrating the structure and operation of a second exemplary embodiment of a refrigerator according to the invention
- FIG. 5 schematically represents a second example of a working cycle of the working fluid of the refrigerator according to Figure 3.
- the refrigerator according to the invention is provided for transferring heat from a cold source 15 at a cryogenic temperature to a hot source at room temperature 1 for example.
- the cold source 15 may be, for example, liquid nitrogen to be cooled and the hot source 1 of water or air.
- the The refrigerator illustrated in FIG. 1 uses a working gas circuit 200 comprising the components listed below.
- the circuit 200 comprises a plurality of compressors 3, 5, 7 centrifugals arranged in series and operating at ambient temperature.
- the circuit 200 comprises a plurality of heat exchangers 2, 4, 6 operating at ambient temperature respectively disposed at the output of the compressors 3, 5, 7.
- the working gas temperatures at the inlet and at the outlet of each compression stage (c ') that is to say at the inlet and the outlet of each compressor 3, 5, 7) are maintained by the heat exchanges at a substantially identical level (see zone A in FIG. 3 which represents a working cycle of the gas: temperature in K depending on the entropy S in J / kg).
- zone A in FIG. 3 which represents a working cycle of the gas: temperature in K depending on the entropy S in J / kg).
- the rising parts of the zone A sawtooth each corresponding to a compression stage while the falling parts of this zone A each correspond to a cooling exchanger.
- the inlet and outlet temperatures of each compression stage are substantially the same.
- the exchangers 2, 4, 6 may be distinct or consist of separate portions of the same exchanger in heat exchange with the hot source 1.
- the refrigerator comprises several motors (70 see Figure 2) said high speed.
- high speed motor is usually meant engines whose rotational speed allows direct coupling with a centrifugal compression stage or a centripetal expansion stage.
- High speed motors 70 preferably use magnetic or dynamic gas bearings 171 (FIG. Figure 2).
- a high speed motor typically rotates at a rotational speed of 10,000 rpm or several tens of thousands of revolutions per minute.
- a low-speed motor runs rather with a speed of a few thousand revolutions per minute.
- the refrigerator Downstream of the compression portion comprising the compressors in series, the refrigerator comprises a heat exchanger 8 preferably of plate type against the current separating the elements at room temperature (in the upper part of the circuit 200 shown in FIG. cryogenic temperature elements (in the lower part of the circuit 200).
- the fluid is cool (corresponding to area D of Figure 3).
- the cooling of the gas from the ambient temperature to the cryogenic temperature is carried out by countercurrent exchange with the same gas working gas at cryogenic temperature which returns from the expansion portion after heat exchange with the cold source 15.
- the circuit Downstream of this cooling portion constituted by the plate heat exchanger 8, the circuit comprises one or more turbines 9, 11, 13 of expansion, preferably centripetal type, arranged in series.
- the turbines 9, 11, 13 operate at cryogenic temperature, the inlet and outlet temperatures of each expansion stage (turbine inlet and outlet) are maintained substantially identical by one or more cryogenic heat exchangers 10, 12, 14 disposed at the exit of the turbine or turbines.
- the inlet and outlet temperatures of each flash stage are substantially the same.
- the increase of the temperature of the working gas in the exchanger or exchangers (10, 12, 14) may be substantially identical (in absolute value) to the decrease in the temperature of the refrigerator. fluid to be cooled (15) (cold source).
- These heat exchangers 10, 12, 14 may be distinct or consist of separate portions of the same exchanger in heat exchange with the cold source 15.
- the circuit may further comprise a working gas capacity at room temperature (not shown for the sake of simplification) to limit the pressure in the circuits, during the stopping of the refrigerator for example.
- the refrigerator preferably uses as a working fluid a gas phase fluid circulating in a closed circuit. This consists for example of a pure gas or a mixture of pure gas.
- the gases best suited to this technology include: helium, neon, nitrogen, oxygen and argon. Carbon monoxide and methane can also be used.
- the refrigerator is designed and controlled so as to obtain a working cycle of the fluid approaching the reverse Ericsson cycle. That is: isothermal compression, isobaric cooling, isothermal expansion and isobaric heating.
- the refrigerator uses for the drive at least compressors 3, 5, 7 (that is to say, for driving the wheels of the compressors) several motors 70 said to high speeds.
- each high-speed motor 70 receives on one end of its output shaft a compressor wheel 31 and, on the other end of its shaft, another compressor wheel or a turbine wheel 9.
- This arrangement provides many benefits.
- This configuration allows in the refrigerator a direct coupling between the motor 70 and the compressor wheels 3, 5, 7 or between the motor 70 and the wheels of the turbines 9, 11, 13. This makes it possible to overcome a multiplier or speed reducer (which limits the number of moving parts required).
- This configuration also allows a valuation of the mechanical work of the turbine or turbines 9, 11, 13 and therefore an increase in the overall energy efficiency of the refrigerator.
- the refrigerator has an oil-free operation, which ensures the purity of the working gas and eliminates the need for a de-oiling operation.
- the number of high speed engines is mainly a function of the desired energy efficiency for the refrigerator. The higher this efficiency, the higher the number of high speed motors.
- the ratio between the number of compression stage (compressors) and the number of expansion stages (turbines) is a function of the target cold temperature. For example, for a refrigerator whose cold source is 273 K, the number of compression stage will be substantially equal to the number of stage of relaxation. For a refrigerator with a cold source of 65 K, the number of compression stages is approximately 3 times greater than the number of stages of expansion.
- FIG. 4 illustrates another embodiment that can for example be used to cool or maintain superconducting cables at a cryogenic temperature of about 65 K.
- the number of compression stages compressors
- the number of stages of relaxation turbines. This can be done according to several possible configurations. For example three compressors and a turbine or six compressors and two turbines, ...
- the choice of the number of organs will depend on the desired energy efficiency. Thus, a solution using three compressors and a turbine will have a lower energy efficiency than a solution using six compressors and two turbines.
- the refrigerator comprises six compressors 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and two turbines 116, 111 and four high speed motors 107, 112, 114, 109.
- the first two compressors 101, 102 (that is, the compressor wheels) are respectively mounted at both ends of a first high speed motor 107.
- the two following compressors 103, 104 are respectively mounted at both ends of a second high speed motor 112.
- the next compressor 105 and the turbine 116 are respectively mounted at both ends of a third high-speed motor 114.
- the last turbine 111 and the sixth compressor 106 are respectively mounted at both ends of a fourth motor 109.
- the gas is progressively compressed by passing successively through the four series compressors 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106.
- the Work gas is cooled in a respective heat exchanger 108 (by heat exchange with air or water for example) to approach isothermal compression.
- the The gas is isobarically cooled through a countercurrent plate heat exchanger 103.
- the cooling gas is progressively expanded in the two series centripetal turbines 116, 111.
- the working gas is heated by heat exchange in an exchanger 110 (for example by heat exchange with the cold source), so as to achieve a substantially isothermal expansion.
- the working gas is reheated in the exchanger 113 and can then start a new cycle again by compression.
- FIG. 5 represents the cycle (temperature T and entropy S) of the working fluid of the refrigerator of FIG. 5.
- zone C of relaxation we recognize two sawtooth corresponding to two successive relaxation and warming.
- the invention improves cryogenic refrigerators in terms of energy efficiency, reliability and size. The invention makes it possible to reduce the maintenance operations and to eliminate the use of oils.
- one or both ends of the output shafts of the motor (s) can directly drive more than one road (ie several compressors or several turbines).
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